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Shearjashub Spooner|Richard Earlom|Henry Fuseli|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare

King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1)

first published 1792; reissued 1852
Stipple engraving; fourth state of four
44.1 × 60.1 cm (17.4 × 23.7 in)

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